Generally a firing is decided the previous day or at least an hour before it happens. Discussions are made prior to the actual meeting where the firing occurs. IT is on standby. They either deactivate the AD account and related auth methods when the employee walks in the office to have the discussion. This is a well oiled machine, so that all parties know their parts. The meeting/discussion is solely a formality and by two minutes into it, theres no longer any access granted. Security shows up at the meeting to escort the employee out and collect their badge or keys. Maybe they let the employee walk by their desk to collect their stuff, maybe the employer ships it to them later, depends on the circumstances and office layout.
At my last job I was informed that I’d be terminated, then had to work normally for another month (the termination period), where I still had full domain admin access to all our own and our customers’ systems.
On my last day I myself had to write down a list of all the logins I had and give that to my boss, because no one else knew what accesses I even had.
During the last hour I wiped my own company PC and gave back all hardware I was given. Again, there wasn’t any record of what I was given over the years so they took my word for it. This included unencrypted USB drives with sensitive medical data on them.
Generally a firing is decided the previous day or at least an hour before it happens. Discussions are made prior to the actual meeting where the firing occurs. IT is on standby. They either deactivate the AD account and related auth methods when the employee walks in the office to have the discussion. This is a well oiled machine, so that all parties know their parts. The meeting/discussion is solely a formality and by two minutes into it, theres no longer any access granted. Security shows up at the meeting to escort the employee out and collect their badge or keys. Maybe they let the employee walk by their desk to collect their stuff, maybe the employer ships it to them later, depends on the circumstances and office layout.
At my last job I was informed that I’d be terminated, then had to work normally for another month (the termination period), where I still had full domain admin access to all our own and our customers’ systems.
On my last day I myself had to write down a list of all the logins I had and give that to my boss, because no one else knew what accesses I even had.
During the last hour I wiped my own company PC and gave back all hardware I was given. Again, there wasn’t any record of what I was given over the years so they took my word for it. This included unencrypted USB drives with sensitive medical data on them.
As someone who worked for German, as well as North American companies, your experience is not the norm in NA. Wish it was.
In well-run orgs, yes. Most places are not well-run.
I was let go somewhat recently and I noticed just yesterday that I still have admin access to their facebook app.
Time to get busy and say it’s a pen test of their systems.